The inaugural Louisville SuperCon rolled into Kentucky on Friday, November 30 through Sunday, December 2, and GeekDad was there to cover the festivities. Read More
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Louisville SuperCon 2018 Recap
Category Archives: Events
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 49 2018
Convention Connection for Week 49 2018 includes events in Los Angeles, Edison, Monroeville, Sacramento, and around the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Deck Your Halls With Hallmark Star Wars and Transformers Keepsake Ornaments
The Star Wars Storyteller series continues, plus the latest Transformers Keepsake. Read More
Stack Overflow: Get Into the Holiday Spirit With These 7 Picture Books
Now that we’re into December, I figured it’s finally time that I can share some books about Hanukkah and Christmas! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 48 2018
Convention Connection for Week 48 2018 includes events in Louisville, Madison, Philadelphia, Dallas, Pittsburgh, San Jose, and around the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Exploring Children’s Books at the Portland Book Festival 2018
This year’s Portland Book Festival took place early in November. Here’s a look at some of the events from the children’s stage. Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 47 2018
Convention Connection for Week 47 2018 includes a limited number of events in the United States—mostly in Illinois and California—and around the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 46 2018
Convention Connection for Week 46 2018 includes events in Atlanta, New York City, Las Vegas, Memphis, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
We Salute Our American Veterans
Every year on Veterans Day in the U.S., we on GeekDad and GeekMom like to take a moment to remember our American veterans. We ordinarily deal with far less serious matters, but as many of us are American, we feel it is important that we remember all those who have given part of their lives in service to our country’s military. Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 45 2018
Convention Connection for Week 45 2018 includes events in Durham, Grand Rapids, Baltimore, Miami, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 44 2018
Convention Connection for Week 44 2018 includes events in Providence, Anaheim, Tuscon, Omaha, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Spooktacular Halloween Treats—LEGO Mode
This year, up your Halloween game by decorating with LEGO, or even giving LEGO treats out. Read More
NYCC 2018 ‘Mars’ Season 2 Interview
Nat Geo, the cable outlet for ‘National Geographic,’ is releasing a second season of the highly successful ‘Mars’ program. Read More
Don’t You Forget About Them: Simple Minds’ North American Tour
If you live in Texas or Florida and you like 80s new wave music, Scotland’s Simple Minds is touring and will be in your area in November.
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Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 43 2018
Convention Connection for Week 43 2018 includes events in San Antonio, San Jose, Little Rock, Seattle, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 42 2018
Convention Connection for Week 42 2018 includes events in Dallas, Santa Fe, Portland, Montgomery, Jacksonville, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Send a Random Pig With Age Hams
A sixth-grade student created an absurd business proposal for his school’s entrepreneurship club’s contest; when he won, Owen Shakelton and his stepfather turned the idea into “a real deal business.” Age Hams will anonymously mail a little rubber pig and a personalized card to anyone you choose. Read More
Stack Overflow: 11 Creepy Comics
Following up with last week’s column about scary-but-not-too-scary stories, today I’ve got creepy (but maybe not too creepy) comic books, for younger kids up to adults. Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 41 2018
Convention Connection for Week 41 2018 includes events in Chicago, Cincinnati, Erie, Minneapolis, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 40 2018
Convention Connection for Week 40 2018 includes events in New York City, Seattle, a number of cities in between, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Stack Overflow: Women Who Changed the World
Today’s Stack Overflow includes stories of several women who changed the world—some you’ve probably heard of, and some that maybe you didn’t know about before. Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 39 2018
Convention Connection for Week 39 2018 includes events in Baltimore, Sioux Falls, San Jose, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Register Now for the Portland Book Festival!
Tickets are available now for this year’s Portland Book Festival (formerly known as Wordstock). Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 38 2018
Convention Connection for Week 38 2018 includes events in Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Ohio, the waters off of Seattle, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 37 2018
Convention Connection for Week 37 2018 includes events in Cincinnati, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Austin, and all across the globe. Find a convention near you this week! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 36 2018
Find a convention near you this weekend, September 6 through September 9, with this week’s Convention Connection. Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 35 2018
Find a convention near you this Labor Day weekend, August 30 through September 3, with this week’s Convention Connection. Read More
Happy 40th Birthday, LEGO Minifigure!
Though we’ve been celebrating this event all year long, today is the actual 40th birthday of the LEGO minifigure! Happy birthday, little articulated guys and gals (and monsters and droids and…)! Read More
Tickets Available Now for Pop-Up Magazine Fall Issue
The Fall Issue of Pop-Up Magazine is coming soon—get your tickets now! Read More
Convention Connection: Geek Culture Conventions for Week 34 2018
Find a convention near you this weekend, August 24 through 26, with this week’s Convention Connection. Read More
